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Archive for January, 2007

Design Decisions

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Every so often (or perhaps all the time if you happen to be more attuned to your surroundings than I am) there are little nuances of real world design that can call your attention to previously unnoticed applications on the digital side of design as well. I noticed one of these today. This is the […]

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Listening

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

My company recently posted an ad on craigslist looking for a designer for a product we are planning to release mid-year. I have some ideas for who I would like to do the site, but I figured I would check out the local talent first.
My ad was simple….
Skills Desired:
-Strong knowledge of CSS and Web Standards
-Clean/Simple […]

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Great Reading 2006

Monday, January 8th, 2007

I’d just like to share a few awesome books/sites/publications that I enjoyed in 2006. There are many others, but these are my top picks…
Books:
Never Eat Alone - A great book about networking (or check out Keith Ferazzi’s presentation)
The Long Tail - I posted about this before
Decoding the Universe - A really interesting book about information […]

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